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The Impact of the 2016 EU Audit Reforms, Oversight, and Corruption on Earnings Management: Evidence From European Banks Using a Dynamic Panel Approach

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates earnings management in European banks in the context of the 2016 EU audit directive. Using a dynamic panel of 134 banks over 2012–2023, we apply two‐step System‐GMM estimators with three profitability measures—Earnings Before Provisions and Taxes (EBPT), Return on Assets (ROA), and Return on Equity (ROE).
Maria Christofidou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An appraisal of the anti-money laundering regime in Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Magister Legum - LLMAnnually, money laundering costs global financial markets $2.5 trillion. Money laundering is especially problematic in that it results in a plethora of socioeconomic problems including poor economic performance and an upsurge in crime.
Shambare, Jane
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Money laundering and sanctions enforcement: large rewards, leniency and witness protection for whistleblowers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Purpose – With sanctions becoming an increasingly important tool in ostracising autocratic regimes from western markets, the need for effective enforcement of sanctions and anti-money laundering (AML) is increasing, and the global AML regime will be ...
Spagnolo, G, Nyreröd, T, Andreadakis, S
core   +1 more source

Kryptonite for Cryptocurrencies? What Are the Effects of Regulatory Controls on Bitcoin Returns and Volatility?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of regulatory controls on Bitcoin's excess returns and volatility. The paper innovates by proxying changes in the regulatory environment using global Google search volume intensity data. The generated regulatory indices accurately identify episodes of regulatory tightening within cryptocurrency markets.
Robert Mullings
wiley   +1 more source

An Investigation of the Relationship Between Central Bank Unconventional Monetary Policy and Bitcoin Activity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates whether the unconventional monetary policy (UMP) measures pursued by the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) are associated with an appetite for cryptocurrency.
Niamh Wylie, Martha O'Hagan‐Luff
wiley   +1 more source

THE IMPACT OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS ON INVESTMENT IN KENYA

open access: yesKAS African Law Study Library
Financial crime, in particular money laundering and illicit financial flows are a thriving economy whose value is in the billions of dollars, with robust markets and demand across the world.
Naomi Gichuki
doaj   +1 more source

Technological Evolution in Fintech: A Decadal Scientometric and Systematic Review of Developments and Criticisms

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to classify pivotal fintech innovations and explore the prospects and pitfalls associated with emerging fintech services extensively discussed in the literature. We conducted a multistage systematic review of research published on fintech over the past decade from a technological perspective. Using the Preferred Reporting Items
Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Nohman Khan
wiley   +1 more source

Money laundering and financial crimes: a comparison between criminal and legal firms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The thesis aims to highligh a comparison between criminal and legal firms. In the first chapter there is a detailed description of many money laundering methods. The second chapter described how criminal use firms launder money.
Romani, Alessia
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Financial Development Under Economic Sanctions: Short‐Run Market Responses and Long‐Run Institutional Adjustment

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how the financial development of the target economy evolves under the long‐lasting economic sanctions, emphasizing the temporal patterns of the impact. Using panel data for 136 economies from 1980 to 2021 and an event‐study approach, we identified a temporal pattern that illustrates how economic sanctions exert a ...
Yu Jiang, Xue Meng
wiley   +1 more source

Regulated sector professionals and reporting suspicion of money laundering: is it a disproportionate burden?

open access: yes, 2022
Purpose The purpose of the research paper is to determine the efficiency of all crimes approach, their relationship with a risk-based approach and the consequences on regulated sector professionals.
Celik, Muhammet Emir
core   +1 more source

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